Usage examples of "pile" in French with translation to English

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Je dois remplacer la pile de la radio. I have to replace the radio's battery.
Pile je gagne, face tu perds. Heads I win, tails you lose.
Il y a une grosse pile de courrier sur la table. There is a big stack of mail on the table.
L'horloge s'est arrêtée. Il y faut une nouvelle pile. The clock stopped. It needs a new battery.
Un côté de la pièce est appelé « face » et l'autre, « pile ». One side of a coin is called 'heads' and the other side is called 'tails'.
Ça ne marche pas si bien parce que la pile est usée. It doesn't work so well because the battery is low.
Je voudrais des piles pour cet appareil. I would like batteries for this device.
Il faut payer un supplément pour les piles. You need to pay extra for the batteries.
Les piles de ma calculatrice sont à plat. The batteries in my calculator are dead.
Mais où diable ai-je mis ces piles rechargeables ? But goddammit where did I put those rechargeable batteries?
Il faut que je change les piles de cette radio. I have to change the batteries in the radio.
Disposer de quelques piles supplémentaires n'est jamais une mauvaise idée. Having a few extra batteries handy is never a bad idea.
L'horloge s'est arrêtée. Il me faudrait des piles neuves. The clock has run down. I need new batteries.
Ça ne marche pas si bien parce que les piles s'épuisent. It doesn't work so well because the batteries are running down.
Je ne pense pas que ces foutues piles soient dans ce foutu tiroir. I don't think that those damn batteries are in this damn drawer.
Puis-je avoir des piles pour mon appareil photo, s'il vous plaît ? May I have some camera batteries, please?
Décidons à pile ou face. Let's decide with a coin toss.
On tire à pile ou face ? Let's toss up for it?
Sois à la gare à onze heures pile. Be at the train station at eleven sharp.
Il est pile neuf heures à ma montre. It is just nine by my watch.
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